# Chiang
## English
### Alternative forms

* (from pinyin) Jiang

### Etymology 1

From Mandarin 江 (Jiāng), Wade–Giles romanization: Chiang¹.

#### Proper noun

Chiang (plural Chiangs)
* A surname.
** 1996, An-chia Wu, “The CCP's "Socialist Market Economy" Proposal”, in Bih-jaw Lin, James T. Myers, editors, Contemporary China in the Post-Cold War Era‎, University of South Carolina Press, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 29:In his speech at the mass rally mentioned above, Chiang Tse-min described Teng as a loyal comrade-in-arms of Mao Tse-tung and the most prominent successor and developer of Mao Tse-tung thought. He stressed the way that both Teng and Mao formulated their policies in line with the specific situation in China. To support this argument, Chiang said that mainland China had deliberately avoided patterning its version of the market after the Western model in order to prevent the intrusion of decadent Western ideology.

### Etymology 2

From Mandarin 姜 (Jiāng), Wade–Giles romanization: Chiang¹.

#### Proper noun

Chiang (plural Chiangs)
* A surname.

### Etymology 3

From Mandarin 蔣／蒋 (Jiǎng), Wade–Giles romanization: Chiang³.

#### Proper noun

Chiang (plural Chiangs)
* A surname.
** 1978, Richard Nixon, RN: the Memoirs of Richard Nixon‎, Grosset & Dunlap, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, →OL, page 556:As early as August we had publicly withdrawn our opposition to consideration of this question and indicated our support of the concept of the "two Chinas," Chiang Kai-shek's Republic of China on Taiwan and the Communist People's Republic of China, each to have membership in the world organization. It had not been easy for me to take a position that would be so disappointing to our old friend and loyal ally, Chiang.
** 2004 September 9, Keith Bradsher, “The Chiangs, Father and Son, Can't Rest in Peace Just Yet”, in The New York Times‎, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 09 June 2021, Dasi Journal‎:When Chiang Kai-shek died in 1975, it was widely assumed that he had wanted to be buried someday on the mainland, although he is not known to have left any explicit instructions. His body was embalmed and placed in what is officially still a temporary mausoleum here, and the same was done with his son. If the Chiang family has its way, as now seems likely, both former presidents of Taiwan will finally be buried next spring.
** 2022 September 30, “EDITORIAL: What’s in the Chiang name?”, in Taipei Times‎, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 29 September 2022, Editorials, page 8:In the past few weeks, the Chinese Nationalist Party’s (KMT) mayoral candidate for Taipei Chiang Wan-an’s (蔣萬安) ancestry has come under attack by several pundits. Since Chiang threw his hat in the ring, he has been purporting himself as the descendant of the Chiang family to garner support from pan-blue voters. In January, he said that his name “Wan-an” was given to him by his grandfather — former president Chiang Ching-kuo (蔣經國) — as a reminder of his ancestral roots. On more than one occasion, he stated that he has always been proud of being a Chiang, and that he would follow in his ancestors’ — Chiang Kai-shek (蔣介石) and Chiang Ching-kuo — footsteps to make Taiwan a better place. He further underscored this lineage by placing an artistic image of himself with Chiang Ching-kuo, side-by-side, on his mayoral campaign flags.

### Etymology 4

From Mandarin 絳／绛 (Jiàng), Wade–Giles romanization: Chiang⁴.

#### Proper noun

Chiang
* Alternative form of Jiang
** 1972, Summary of World Broadcasts: The Far East. Weekly supplement‎, →OCLC, page 3:Shansi. In Chiang County there is over 120,000 mow of irrigated land.

### Statistics

* According to the 2010 United States Census, Chiang is the 4022nd most common surname in the United States, belonging to 8841 individuals. Chiang is most common among Asian/Pacific Islander (90.45%) individuals.

### Anagrams

* Changi, I-ch'ang, Ichang, aching